Food product



Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP EB. PARK, 01' BUFFALO, N EW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO THE PARK 85 IZOLLABU COI- PANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

FOOD PRODUCT.

No Drawing.

or the like in the system. Many of the foods,

forman and feeds for animals are deficient 1n iodine. This is particularly true in certain portions of the world, notably in this.

country where there are what are known as goitre belts. In such places the persistence of goitre in humans as well as animals is alarmin Y The bass of my proposition which is of quite a general applicability lies in an ap-. preciation of certain organic compounds of the halogen groupnotably iodine, and their adaptation to and administration in gland treatment. The iodides, for example, are quickly eliminated from the body on account of their solubility, whereas the organic compounds afford a more sustained upp ya Or anic compounds of iodine such as I will discuss later, act very differently from such a highly soluble salt as an iodide. It may be here pointed out that such organic compounds may be used-to get the iodine into the blood through the normal process of digestion, where according to my theory it is probably freed to some extent at least to oxidation in the lungs and so made avail-v able to the gland.

The importance of this will be apparent, especially in the suppression of goitre, because it makes possible prevention both by medicinal administration and by diet. It is also important to note at the outset that the supply of such a rare element to be normal must be constant or averaged to conform to other natural functions.

In these connections my invention or discovery may be advantageously considered in two phases and we may take first the administration of iodine, as herein described, in actual or sus cted cases of goitre where the treatment s somethin of an emerency'character and it is deslred to sudden y make good a deficiency in the system.

Application filed Kay 4, 1925. Serial No. 28,018.

The most eflicient form of the organic compound to me now known is that of iodine with fatty matters in which the iodine is an integral part of the fatty acids. I do not wish to be limited to theory, but'from the result of careful experiment, these seem to be based on formulae somewhat as follows. Taking as an illustration olein unsaturated) Ihave the formula C,H,(OC 0),- The formula for oleinsaturated with iodine may be written C,H,,(OC,,H,,I,O),. Again, if the olein is-saturated with'hydrogen, we have C,H (OC,,H,,O) which is stearin. This product may be saturated with iodine to form di-iodo-stearin. In this the H in the olein is changed to H,, by the addition of H or to H 1 by the addition 0 Such compounds may be built up synthetically, but I am not claiming any such process specifically herein as this seems to involve a separate invention and I merely refer to it as explanatory of the results'attained. The same general results may also be effected in certain natural products in which certain organic matters like fats and oils are or may be produced by nature or through normal functions of living creatures.

In referring to iodine compound, I intend to be understood as referring to an oily or fatty compound as distinguished from organic compounds not ofa fatty or oily nature, as for example, the valuable roducts of Dr. Teurrentene of the Unite States Bureau of Chemistry, which he derives from sea plants.

As a. source of iodine suitable for administration to mammalia. the fatty portions of milk may be modified by feeding to the female such an organic form of iodine as is above described, so as to produce an augmentation of the iodine in the milk itself. This milk in. turn becomes a food by which iodine may be acquired even by the new born. In cases where goitre is discovered. in the mother before birth, the tendency toward or even incipient goitre itself can be treated prenatally.

Milk and the milk fats are therefore some of the most important media and these I have very carefully investigated and developed with practical results that are en tirely convincing regardless of theory. I

In order to make my invention or discovery available generally, I have applied it in connection with the production of cows milk as milk is a food common in its distribution and generally available regardless of geography. It is current in the interior as well as on the coast. In this there is a peculiar and significant point. It has been known that calves are very susceptible to goitre. In spite of this, cattle in general, and the milch cow in particular, is entirely responsive to this form of iodine feeding which, in the case of the cow, provides milk which may be brought to have its normal iodine content augmented to ten to twenty or more times.

It will be understood that this proposition involves infinitely small amounts of iodine. For example, thereis estimated to be something like the equivalent of of a drop of iodine in the individual human system. In spite of that, a diminution to of that tenth of a drop is sufiicient .to cause serious results.

From this will be seen the importance of.

the augmentation of the small amount of iodine in ordinary milk. This ordinary amount is set as about 5 parts in a billion. I am able to increase this to 100 parts (or even more). It will therefore be seen that such an increase while relatively small as a percentage is large as a curative or corrective factor.

In developing this larger aspect of my invention or discovery and in order to make it practically available to those who otherwise might not be able to afford the more elaborate preparations, I have attacked and successfully solved the problem of feeding such organic compound -of iodine to milk producing cows in particular. I might at this point mention that with the augmentation of iodine in the milk, there is an astonishing improvement in the neral condition and health .of cattle so fe Not only is the health and condition improved, but with it there is a marked growth and bodily increase in weight which is, of course, very important in such animals as are or may be intended as milk producers or a source of meat. The ends sought are best reached by ,a sustained feeding which approximated the normal as nearly as ossible. 'This prevents overdosing and ma es possible a gradual assimilation of the iodine as presented regularly in very small amounts.

As an illustration of an extremely simple I and inexpensive medium, I will now describe an administrative food product which while primarily intended for cattle as distinguished from humans, and particularly for adult cattle as distinguished from the young or suckling stock, is also highly potenil. in stimulating growth in young anima s.

Curlously, I find that a perfectly satisfactory organic iodine compound has not only existed in certain places, but is reported to have been at times fed to cattle. As far as I can ascertain, however, such reported feeding was a mere effort to use fish, waste fish, or fish refuse and make a saving in grain or other protein cattle feeds. Apparently there was no conception of the existence of any valuable factor nor was any attempt made to attain any particular result.

As suggested heretofore, I have found that certain fish oils are very high in iodine. Investigation of these fishes show that they belong generally to those fish that school, and whose characteristic food is the algae life of the ocean. I find this to be logical as the algae have been known to be high in iodine. I therefore find a logical cham in the extraction of the iodine from sea water by the algae, in the accumulation of the iodine in the fish, in the availability of the fish as a source of my organic iodine treatment of those forms of land life having ductless glands requiring iodine as a prerequisite to health. As a part of cattle food, and as a source of iodine augmented milk, this factor must be cheap, and I have found that there is sufficient iodine in the fish refuse to give me this factor in an animal food.

I preferably use the refuse or meal left by the extraction of the oil from the menhaden or herring. As this is not in itself adapted as a complete cattle feed, I combine it with other forms of food. In fact, it is really necessary for' practical results where this stimulating factor is employed, to feed it in the form of a carefully compounded feed in which the various body building elements are present so that the cattle may develop and grow in response to the normal functioning of the glands in their bodies. I have not only produced the augmented milk before described, but at the same time I have increased the weight of the members of the herd and have increased the health of its members, so that I feel that I can assert'that not only can the following as a general formula. I pref-- erably use linseed oil meal, cottonseed meal, corn gluten feed, pea meal, corn distillers dried grains, brewers dried grains, corn meal, calcium carbonate salt, wheat bran, ground grain screenings. To these I may add a little molasses and a little salt to increase the relish. I preferably use a rather wide range of cereal in order to get the greatest variety of amino acids. Good re-- body about ve parts of this fish meal. This amount may be slightly varied according to the stock to which it is to be fed. For inactive stock, or stock not producing less iodine is needed, but for the milk herds and for the rapid growth of beef, the amount I in other forms as human food.

of these are contemplated by me and others may be slightly increased.

While I have gone into the matter of milk production with some particularity, on account of its broad human interest, I desire to stress the other forms of organic iodine compounds first described by me in connection with their administrationas curatives or their combination with other elements or Many forms I hope will be made available to the public onl subject to the claims of my patent.

cure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cattle food including a vegetable. body and dried .comminuted algae eating fish in growth stimulating amount distributed therein.

-2. As a balanced cattle food product, a

cereal body and an iodine bearing oil distr ibutd therein in growth stimulating amount. I '3. In a food product, a protein element at I therefore claim and desire to seand algae eating-fish distributed therein in balanced iodine relation to the protein con tent to produce stimulated assimilation.

4. In a cattle food, a cereal body and dried 'fish scrap having iodine bearing oil dispersed therein in growth stimulating proportion. v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PHILIP R. PARK. 

